Seed Saving Practices

I myself will cultivate mustard and will also save for the coming year.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

I will cultivate mustard myself and save it for next year as well.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

I myself will cultivate mustard and save for the coming year.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

I will cultivate mustard and save it for next year, and I will cultivate again in the traditional way.

— Anupama Mahanand

Yes, I cultivate mustard as a second crop every year. I store the harvested produce for the next year.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

We will cultivate mustard, moong, and other crops, save the seeds, and cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

We will cultivate mustard, green gram, and other crops, store their seeds, and cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

I cultivate mustard as a second crop every year. I store the mustard seeds I produce, so my family doesn't need to buy cooking oil from the market for at least 6 months.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

I save seeds and use them in other crops too. For other crops like wheat, peas, mustard, etc., I keep old ones and use them.

— Vimala

I will cultivate moong and sell it, and I will also cultivate mustard and sell it, and I will collect the money and save it.

— Anupama Mahanand

I grow other crops and preserve seeds.

— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

I will cultivate and store some for next year, and then cultivate it again using traditional methods.

— Anupama Mahanand

I will cultivate chickpeas, save them, and also keep some for next year's cultivation.

— Anupama Mahanand

I will cultivate chickpeas myself and store them for next year, and I will cultivate again next year, in a traditional way.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

Well, I cultivated black gram and chickpeas this year. I will save the seeds and cultivate them next year as well.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

This year I will cultivate moong and save it for next year, and then I will cultivate traditionally again.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

I am cultivating the second crop. I am traditionally saving its seeds.

— Anita Punem

By cultivating green gram, I will keep this year's green gram for next year and cultivate again.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

I will cultivate and store black gram this year, and I will also save some for next year. I will cultivate again.

— Anupama Mahanand

By cultivating pulses, I will save for the next year and then cultivate again in the traditional way.

— Anupama Mahanand

I will cultivate paddy, keep this year's harvest, and save it for the coming year. I will cultivate again and also save that for the subsequent year.

— Anupama Mahanand

I have cultivated moong and black gram and kept the seeds. I will cultivate again in the rainy season.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

I will cultivate and grow pulse seeds that can be used for consumption, and some can be saved for next year's crop.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

And we will sow a lot of mustard and we will keep it for a long time.

— Chanda · Baghauri, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

I always cultivate a second crop and also collect seeds.

— James Sabar · Khilamunda1, Rayagada, Odisha

They cultivate mustard and preserve its seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, I cultivate a second crop and store the seeds using traditional methods.

— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha

Yes, after the paddy harvest, my land usually remains moist. Taking advantage of that, every year I cultivate mustard and green gram. For this, I store seeds in advance.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

I will cultivate vegetables and store them.

— Anupama Mahanand

I will cultivate green gram, save some for next year as well, and then cultivate again.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

By cultivating pulses, I will use them for eating and save a little for next year's crop.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

I will cultivate black gram and also save some for next year, and then I will cultivate again.

— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

Every year, after the crop harvest, I cultivate moong (green gram) in the second crop season. For this, I save my harvested crop as seeds for the next year.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

I am doing dry farming and I will save seeds for next year.

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Karnapadu, Rayagada, Odisha

I will cultivate black gram, save some for the coming year, and then cultivate it again.

— Anupama Mahanand

We will cultivate a second crop, preserve the seeds, and cultivate for the upcoming year as well.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

I will complete the farming, and next year I will receive the harvest. By storing it and farming again, they will save.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha